Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University
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 » 4th Year Required and Elective Courses

 

REMINDER - Students are to contact ALL Course Coordinators at least one week in advance of the course start date for reporting information and to review educational objectives.


 4th Year Required Courses

Required 4th Year Courses
  Emergency Medicine (EMS 744) - Effective 3/16/2009
  Required Medicine (MED 744) - Required for December 2012 Graduates
  Required Surgery (SUR 744) - Required for December 2012 Graduates


 4th Year Required Courses
 Effective for Class of 2013

All Students Must take the following 4 Week Course
Emergency Medicine (EMS 744) - Effective 3/16/2009

All Students Must Choose One of the Following Subi's to Successfully Complete
Subinternship in Family Medicine (FCH 827) - Stephen Petrany, MD
Subinternship in Internal Medicine (MED 827) - Sansom Teka, MD
Subinternship in OB (OBG 827) - David Jude, MD
Subinternship in Orthopaedics (ORT 827) - Felix Cheung, MD
Subinternship in Pediatrics (PED 827) - Joe Evans, MD
Subinternship in Surgery (SUR 827) - David Denning, MD

All Students Must Choose One of the Following 2 Week ICU Experiences to Successfully Complete
Medicine ICU (MED 833) - Imran Khawaja, MD
Pediatric Critical Care (PED 807) - Ed Pino, MD
Clinical Neonatology (PED 805) - Renee Domanico, MD
Surgical ICU (SUR 833) - Rebecca Wolfer, MD


 4th Year Elective Courses

All Students Must Successfully Complete At Least 24 Weeks of Electives

Anatomy
Surgical Anatomy (ACB 813) - Mitch Berk, PhD (applies toward 6 week non-patient contact restriction)

Biochemistry
Biochemistry Research (BIC 820) - Pier Paolo Claudio, MD

Cardiology
Clinical Cardiology (CVS 801) - Paulette Wehner, MD
Essentials of EKG (CVS 800) - Paulette Wehner, MD

Dermatology
Clinical Dermatology (MED 803)

Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine (EMS 710) - Mitch Charles, MD
Residency Survival Skills (EMS 745) - Mitch Charles, MD & Paulette Wehner, MD

Family Medicine
Clerkship in a Local Health Department (FCH 806) - Harry Tweel, MD
Hospice and Pallative Medicine (FCH 895) - Charles McCormick, MD
International Health (FCH 880) - John Walden, MD
Medical Spanish (FCH 885) - John Walden, MD(applies toward 6 week non-patient contact restriction)
Outpatient Family Medicine (FCH 800) - Stephen Petrany, MD
Readings and Limited Practicum in International Medicine (FCH 857) - Richard Crespo, PhD(applies toward 6 week non-patient contact restriction)
Readings in Rural Health (FCH 855) - Richard Crespo, PhD (applies toward 6 week non-patient contact restriction)
Rehabilitation Medicine (FCH 820) - Rabah Boukhemis, MD
Rural Family Medicine (FCH 888) - Stephen Petrany, MD
Rural Geriatrics (FCH 850) - Charles McCormick, MD
Special Projects(FCH 780) - Stephen Petrany, MD
Sports Medicine and Adult Fitness (FCH 845) - Ross Patton, MD
Subinternship in Family Medicine (FCH 827) - Stephen Petrany, MD
Wilderness Medicine ( FCH 890) - Charles Clements, MD

Interdepartmental
Academic Medicine (IDM 801) - Charles McCormick, MD
Step 2 Review (IDM 875) - Stephen Petrany, MD

Internal Medicine
Advanced Clerkship in MED/PEDS (MED 828) - Eva Patton Tackett, MD
Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (MED 805) - Henry Driscoll, MD
Clinical Gastroenterology (MED 807) - Waseem Shora, MD
Clinical Hematology-Oncology (MED 811) - Aneel Chowdhary, MD
Clinical Infectious Diseases (MED 813) - Thomas Rushton ,MD
Clinical Pulmonary Disease (MED 821) - Imran Khawaja, MD
Clinical Rheumatology (MED 823) - Ralph Webb, MD
Nephrology (MED 817) - Arif Goreja, MD
Rural Medicine (MED 888) - Wesam Bolkhir, MD
Subinternship in Internal Medicine (MED 827) - Sansom Teka, MD
    MED 827 - Oral Presentation Evaluation
    MED 827 - Article Evaluation

Microbiology
Research in Microbiology (MCB 813) - Don Primerano, PhD

Neurology
Clinical Neurology (NEU 829) - Paul Ferguson, MD
Neurosurgery (NEU 803) - Richard Coulon, MD
Neurology/Neurosurgery Research (NEU 805) - Paul Ferguson, MD (applies toward 6 week non-patient contact restriction)
Pediatric Neurology (NEU 813) - Mitzi Payne, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Gynecologic Surgery (OBG 813) - David Jude, MD
Maternal - Fetal Medicine (OBG 835) - David Chaffin, MD

Gynecologic Oncology (OBG 850) - Gerald Oakley, MD
Rural Obstetrics (OBG 888)
Subinternship in OB (OBG 827) - David Jude, MD

Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology (OPH 804) - Michael Krasnow, DO

Orthopaedics
Subinternship in Orthopaedics (ORT 827) - Felix Cheung, MD
Introduction to Musculoskeletal Care (ORT 808) - Felix Cheung, MD
Orthopaedic Research Elective (ORT 809) - Franklin Shuler, MD, Ph.D (applies toward 6 week non-patient contact restriction)

Pathology
Forensic Pathology (PTH 802) - Paul Durst, MD
The Practice of Pathology (PTH 803) - Paul Durst, MD

Pediatrics
Adolescent Medicine (PED 814) - Patricia Kelly, MD
Allergy and Immunology (PED 898) - Jeff Shaw, MD
Ambulatory Pediatrics (PED 801) - Joe Evans, MD
Child Development and Behavior (PED 825) - Jim Binder, MD
Clinical Neonatology (PED 805) - Renee Domanico, MD
Pediatric Community Medicine (PED 806) - Isabel Pino, MD
Pediatric Critical Care (PED 807) - Ed Pino, MD
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (PED 820) - Drew Pendleton, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease (PED 895) - April Kilgore, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology (PED 812) - Yoram Elitsur, MD
Primary Care Pediatrics (PED 803) - Joe Evans, MD
Rural Pediatrics (PED 888) - Isabel Pino, MD
Subinternship in Pediatrics (PED 827) - Joe Evans, MD

Pharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology (PMC 785) - Gary Rankin, MD

Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (PSI 801) - Benjamin Lafferty, MD
Community Psychiatry (PSI 802)
Emergency Psychiatry (PSI 807) - Benjamin Lafferty, MD
Psychiatric Consultation (PSI 804)
Research in Psychiatry/Human Behavior (PSI 820) (applies toward 6 week non-patient contact restriction)
Rural Psychiatry (PSI 888)

Radiology
Radiology (RAD 810) - Peter Chirico, MD

Surgery
Anesthesiology (SUR 806) - Hosny Gabriel, MD
General Surgery (SUR 801) - Blaine Nease, MD
Oral Surgery (SUR 805) - Raj Khanna, MD
Otolaryngology (SUR 808) - Joseph Touma, MD
Pediatric Surgery Subinternship (SUR 815) - Bonnie Beaver, MD
Plastic Surgery (SUR 809) - Adel Faltaous, MD
Rural Surgery (SUR 888) - David Denning, MD
Subinternship in Surgery (SUR 827) - Blaine Nease, MD
Surgical ICU (SUR 833) - Rebecca Wolfer, MD
Surgical Research (SUR 814) - David Denning, MD (applies toward 6 week non-patient contact restriction)
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (SUR 810) - Rebecca Wolfer, MD
Urology (SUR 811) - Lawrence Wyner, MD

 

 Rural, In-State & Tri-State Electives

Rural Electives
Contact Information (Rural Coordinators)

In-State Electives
WVU-Charleston
WVU-Morgantown

Tri-State Electives
For the purpose of 4th year scheduling, approved electives may be taken within a 75 mile radius of the border of the State of WV without counting toward the 12-week out-of-state limitation. This includes, but is not limited to, the following hospitals:

Kings Daughters, Ashland, KY
www.kdmc.com

Our Lady of Bellefonte, Ashland, KY
www.olbh.com
Gail Feinberg, D.O.
Director of Medical Education
Phone: (606) 833-3171
Fax: (606) 833-2280
Gail_feinberg@bshsi.org


 Out-of-State Electives

AAMC Extramural Electives Compendium